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Create Comics Like an Egyptian

The 2nd graders at Harvie are learning about comic creation in their classroom. To get them ready for using Comic Life the students practiced by creating a page about Egypt. … Continue reading

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Show Me the Money!

1st graders are getting ready to start talking about money.  I put together some Pixie slides for them to test their skills.  This is a great way to preassess your… Continue reading

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Skip Counting (2, 5 and 10)

Need to introduce your grade 1 students to Keynote?  Here is a very simple Keynote on skip counting.  The students put the numbers in the correct order on the number line.  When they click the play button, the numbers will “appear” in the correct order as a self check. Click here to  download these templates. Continue reading

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Free Posters for your room

I found this great poster site:  http://www.poster-street.com/posters/teacher-posters_2.html And I found this poster I am going to put into one of my labs: Web 2.0 resources are amazing!! Continue reading

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Kindergarten Famous Americans

I have included the templates that can be use to cover the Famous Americans covered in the Kindergarten SOLs.  This project will created in Comic Life. Click here to download the template and pictures. Continue reading

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2nd Grade Animators

The 2nd graders at Longdale decided to become animators.  We made this simple animation using Pixie.  The kids drew their backgrounds and use the stickers provided in Pixie.  A total of 40-50 slides were used. Click here for the animation directions (Created by Terry Adams@Carver) [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this […] Continue reading

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1st Grade Plants

I have attached a folder of templates that I have used with my 1st graders when we cover plants.  The picture is a final product of one of the templates.  The “talk” feature can be used to help the students identify the part of a plant in the sorting activity. Click here to download the […] Continue reading

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Longan Egyptian Keynotes

The second graders at Longan used Keynote to present information that they knew about Ancient Egypt.  The Keynote was set up so that when they finished adding their information, the presentation would be complete with transitions and builds already set up.  The students can use the presentation for review when testing time comes.  They loved […] Continue reading

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“Facebook” profile Template in Pages

Frank and Brad from my ITRT team are so clever.  While studying Generals from the Civil War, they decided that each General should have a facebook-like profile.  Now you know that the students can seriously relate to this!!!  Who would General Sherman’s friends be on a social network?  How clever.  Here is a screenshot of […] Continue reading

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Scientists- Grade 4

Mrs. Cook had both of her science classes make a Comic Life for Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo.  She got cute pictures of babies and a dog to “speak” with these scientists.  What a cute idea, and these turned out great.  Click here to download this template.

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